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>One thing you may notice is that the screen saver turns on (screen goes
blank) very quickly after you have stopped typing.  The reason is that Bochs
simulates everything as fast as it can.  If the CPU is very busy (running
instructions nonstop), simulated time goes by slowly.  If the CPU is idle (just
waiting for you to type, for example), simulated time speeds up dramatically.
In any case, if the screen saver blanks out the screen, just press a key (try
shift or control) to restore the screen.</P
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>There are two strategies to fix this problem.  One is to increase the
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in your configuration file. This will cause the simulation time
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